Material for removing residue toner
AssigneeFuji Corporation
InventorKazuhide Inada
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Abstract
A material for removing residue toner has a non-woven felt with excellent oil retentivity, cleaning, and dry heat-stability, which is disposed on an oiled belt, an oiled roller or an oiled pad for a fixing machine or the like in a photographic imaging process. The material is composed of the felt in which carded lap is milled by punching with needle, the carded lap being consisted mainly of one or more heat-resistant organic fibers whose cross section has an acute angle. The felt is attached adhesively on a body of an acting member and comes into contact with the surface of an operating member such as a fixing roller or a developing roller.
Claims7
Material for removing residue toner, which rubs residue toner off the surface of an operating member by bringing it into contact with the surface of the operating member in a photographic imaging process, said material comprising:
- a non-woven felt in which carded lap is milled by punching with needle, the carded lap being mainly made out of a heat-resistant organic fiber whose cross section has an acute angle, and
- a body of an acting member on which the non-woven felt is attached adhesively.
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